- electric chair
- noun Date: 1889 1. a chair used in legal electrocution 2. the penalty of death by electrocution
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electric chair
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electric chair — electric chairs N COUNT: usu the N in sing The electric chair is a method of killing criminals, used especially in the United States, in which a person is strapped to a special chair and killed by a powerful electric current … English dictionary
electric chair — e*lec tric chair , n. a device used for execution of criminals, consisting of a specially designed chair in which the victim is killed by passing a large current of electricity through the body. This method of killing is called electrocution. Syn … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
electric chair — elec·tric chair n 1: a chair used in performing a legal electrocution 2: the penalty of death by electrocution Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
electric chair — ► NOUN ▪ a chair in which convicted criminals are executed by electrocution … English terms dictionary
electric chair — ☆ electric chair n. 1. an apparatus in the form of a chair, used in electrocuting persons sentenced to death 2. the death sentence by electrocution: Often preceded by the … English World dictionary
Electric chair — Execution by electrocution (usually referred to, after its method of implementation, as the Electric Chair) is an execution method originating in the United States in which the person being put to death is strapped to a specially built wooden… … Wikipedia
Electric Chair — Blue Electric Chair Andy Warhol, 1963 Siebdruck auf Acryl auf Leinwand, 266,7 cm × 203,8 cm Saatchi Collection, London Link zum Bild (Bitte Urheberrechte beachten) … Deutsch Wikipedia
electric chair — noun an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person (Freq. 1) the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair • Syn: ↑chair, ↑death chair, ↑hot seat • Hypernyms: ↑instrument of execution … Useful english dictionary
electric chair — UK / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms electric chair : singular electric chair plural electric chairs a chair to which someone is fastened and legally killed, especially in the US, by having a very strong electrical current passed … English dictionary
electric chair — e.lectric chair n [C usually singular] a chair in which criminals are killed using electricity, especially in the US, in order to punish them for murder ▪ He faces death by the electric chair in a Florida state prison … Dictionary of contemporary English
electric chair — chair used in the execution of criminals with sends an electrical shock through their body … English contemporary dictionary
